Business
World Golf Hall of Fame returning to Pinehurst
July 20. The World Golf Hall of Fame, which was founded in Pinehurst in 1974 and then moved to St. Augustine, Fla. nearly a quarter century ago, is returning to North Carolina in 2024. The World Golf Hall of Fame was founded in Pinehurst in 1974. It moved to St. Augustine in 1998, but attendance […]
Workplaces recognized for diversity, disability/equality
July 20. Diversity MBA Magazine’s new rankings of Best Places to Work put Atrium and Novant at the top of various categories. Atrium Health was the No. 1 company nationwide for Women and Diverse Managers across all industries. Novant scored eighth place—with both NC-based healthcare providers besting companies like Clorox, Cigna and GE. Disability/equality rankings […]
Major League Fishing comes to LKN in March ’23
July 14. Major League Fishing says Lake Norman will host Redcrest IV, the Bass Pro Tour championship event, as well as the MLF Outdoor Sports Expo Mar. 10-12, 2023. It will feature the 2022 Bass Pro Tour’s top 40 anglers and a $300,000 top prize. Lake Norman has hosted MLF events in the past, but […]
CNBC names NC top state for business in US
July 13. CNBC has named North Carolina as America’s Top State for Business in 2022. CNBC’s Scott Cohn announced the news at the Oceanic in Wrightsville Beach during a live broadcast with Gov. Roy Cooper. To watch the CNBC news report, click here. Methodology The CNBC study looks at 88 metrics in ten categories of […]
Dogged devotion to animals results in new service for lost pets
July 6. By Dave Yochum. Call it an Amber Alert for pets. John R. Bradford III, founder of Mooresville-based PetScreening and a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, hopes to help lost pets find their way home. A free service for pet owners—FidoAlert for dogs and TabbyAlert for cats—is building a nationwide network […]
DEQ files consent order requiring Colonial to pay $4.5 million penalty
July 5. The NC DEQ and NC Attorney General have filed a consent agreement in which Colonial Pipeline would pay $4.75 million to resolve all of the outstanding issues related to a massive gasoline spill in Huntersville. The proposed settlement includes a civil penalty of $4.5 million, and holds Colonial accountable for the necessary cleanup. […]
Who’s there? Who cares? Who gets it?
June 30. By Cheryl Kane. When a service is needed, the quickest return call is often the one who gets the job. The same is true of peer-to-peer, or subordinate to supervisor communications or vice-versa. Those who are reasonably responsive are those who build relationships, create relationships built on reliability, and gain repeat business due […]
Automated, on-demand drone delivery system takes flight
June 28. Novant Health, Magellan Rx Management, and Cardinal Health have launched long-range drone deliveries out of a distribution center in Kannapolis with the Zipline delivery system. “We imagine a future in which goods are transported nearly instantly,” said Keller Rinaudo, founder of Zipline. Instant logistics Zipline’s drones can drop packages at customers’ homes and […]
NC Treasurer takes aim at hospitals benefiting from COVID relief
June 23. Taxpayer-funded COVID relief helped transfer billions of dollars to North Carolina hospital systems, according to State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell. The hospital systems, including Atrium and Novant, together took in $1.5 billion in taxpayer-funded COVID relief, as well as another $1.6 billion in Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments, Folwell, a frequent healthcare critic, […]
At the car wash: Entrepreneurial concept includes food trucks, leased spaces
June 8. David Dunn realized he had a special piece of property when he purchased the LKN Car Wash on Catawba Avenue in December of 2019. After sprucing up the nearly 1.5 acre lot, the Cornelius Realtor began to host several successful food trucks. Voila: The property is being re-envisioned as a Food Truck Village […]
